3D non-LTE spectrum synthesis for type la supernovae

M. Kromer*, S. A. Sim, W. Hillebrandt

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Abstract

Despite the importance of Type la supernovae as standard candles for cosmology and to the chemical evolution of the Universe, we still have no consistent picture of the nature of these events. Much progress has been made in the hydrodynamical explosion modelling of supernovae la in the last few years and fully 3-D explosion models are now available. However those simulations are not directly comparable to observations: to constrain explosion models, radiative transfer calculations must be carried out We present a new 3-D Monte Carlo radiative transfer code which allows forward modelling of the spectral evolution of Type la supernovae from first principles, using hydrodynamical explosion models as input Here, as a first application, we calculate line-of-sight dependent colour light curves for a toy model of an off-centre explosion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProbing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe - Cefalu 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference
Pages277-280
Number of pages4
Volume1111
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2009
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008 - Sicily, Cefalu, Italy
Duration: 07 Sept 200819 Sept 2008

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityCefalu
Period07/09/200819/09/2008

Keywords

  • Radiative transfer
  • Supernovae la

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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